MACON - Moving up to Class AA had little effect on the Jefferson Dragons, who won their eighth consecutive GHSA State Duals title following a dominating 48-19 win over Lovett in their championship match Saturday at the Macon Centerplex.

JEFFERSON - Cole Hightower knows there isn't any shortcut or magic formula to explain Jefferson's success on the statewide stage in wrestling. The Dragons don't credit their triumphs to a stock of naturally superior athletes.

FLOWERY BRANCH - If football is a game of inches, basketball is a game of seconds, and the Flowery Branch boys needed all 1,920 in the game to pull out its 70-68 win over Gainesville on Tuesday night at Flowery Branch High.

Lowndes High defensive back Greg Reid earned Player of the Year honors when the Georgia Football Magazine released its All-Classification team on Tuesday. Buford High's Dallas Lee, a Georgia signee, was named to the First Team offense. Georgia verbal commit Washaun Ealey, from ECI, was named Offensive Player of the Year. Tucker's Jonathan Davis was tabbed Defensive Player of the Year.

The Lakeview Academy basketball teams have qualified for the Class A Private playoffs, according to GHSA power ratings released Tuesday, with the Lions boys the 16th and final team to make their bracket.